The documentaries “Ghost in the Machine” and “The AI Doc” both end in calls to action, but arrive there in different ways.

A group of intergenerational artists, collectively known as Slow War Against the Nuclear State, investigates the afterlife of nuclear politics in a haunting, timely exhibition

Marica Vilcek, Graceful Champion of Immigrant Artists, Dies at 89 Her namesake foundation has awarded over $17 million to advance its mission, including unrestricted cash awards for researchers and artists across disciplines.

A new exposé from the Guardian details extensive holdings of human remains from former British colonies, as well as potential mishandling of body parts.

The Broad invites us into the late artist’s obsessively iterative practice, where oversized tables and chairs give way to more elusive, personal forms.

Magdalena Abakanowicz belonged to the Eastern European arts vanguard, alongside figures in Communist Poland like Tadeusz Kantor and Jerzy Grotowski. These artists saw the body as imbued with spiritual vitality, unbowed to the idea of progress imposed by industrialized modernity.

When it comes to wall labels, what does a museum owe its audience? A stripped-down version of art that equates accessibility with minimal information? Or is it more respectful to challenge visitors by offering them tools to speak the same language as the artists and curators?

In the tiny town of Kingsbury, Texas, art is not a luxury good or a social accessory. It is a structuring principle that belongs to everyone there, a shared practice of care. In our current moment, this is radical.

How much did it cost to paint Pompeii’s dazzling “Blue Room”? A new study has the estimates.

“Asking for Raphael loans is like asking for the firstborn heir of the royal family,” Carmen C. Bambach, curator of the first comprehensive show of the master in the US, told Hyperallergic.

The most obvious reason artists seek gallery representation is the promise of exhibitions and sales. It may seem obvious, but you have to want sales to secure a gallery, and for a gallery to take you on, you should have a sales record. Chicken, meet egg.

This collaboration between MoMA and the Metropolitan Opera’s costume designer is an irresistible marketing opportunity at best.

“Getting a mold to work still feels like magic to me!”

Gabrielle Goliath’s performance series, axed by South Africa for its Venice pavilion, will shine on, pro-wrestling meets contemporary art, a new hire for New York's forthcoming Hip Hop Museum, and more.

What happens when the language of social practice becomes a tool of the very systems it once hoped to challenge?

Ghanaian Artist Ibrahim Mahama Allegedly Assaulted by State Police The artist, who represented Ghana in its first Venice Biennale pavilion, said he is considering suing his home country’s notorious police force.

This week, we honor a celebrated art writer, a champion of First Nations culture, a downtown NYC performance artist and activist, and others.

“At the end of the day, anyone who’s painting is in front of their easel making one brushmark at a time, and that brushmark should feel good. If paint doesn’t feel good coming off the brush, you pretty much have nothing.” –Hilary Harkness

Though best remembered for his poetry, Frank O’Hara championed artists like Helen Frankenthaler and organized several shows at the Museum of Modern Art during the Cold War.

A pervasive sense of self-containment, isolation, and miscommunication flows through Anki King's work.

As the US-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week, neighboring Gulf states, are projecting an image of normalcy, with many galleries and museums reopening. It’s a sharp contrast to the scale of destruction in Iran & Lebanon, where American & Israeli strikes have devastated cultural heritage sites.

Is there an ethical path for AI Art?

Lebanese artist Ali Sbeity Sbeity, who painted vibrant portraits and landscapes of his rural hometown in Southern Lebanon, has reportedly been killed in an Israeli strike.

YBA artist Tracey Emin spearheaded contemporary art's trend of coupling extreme self-introspection with relentless self-promotion.

Anika Jade Levy’s “Flat Earth” is a book about the art world that frames itself as a critique of blasé disaffection while embodying it. It digests and regurgitates its failures, and calls that the point because it’s less difficult than actually trying.

“I was nine years old, and I felt like I lost that childhood,” the Whitney Biennial artist Ali Eyal told Hyperallergic, reflecting on the US’s war in Iraq, the disappearance of his father, and the art he makes to process.

10 Exhibitions to See in Chicago This Spring

Hiroshi Nagai, best known for painting leisurely beach and poolside scenes, told Hyperallergic that he is “at a loss” after DHS used his work to promote its agenda.

Historian Atreyee Gupta unravels the threads of catchall terms like “Global South” to trace the connections between Indian painters and anticolonial figures like Frantz Fanon.

VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art is showcasing art by graduating MFA students this spring. The exhibition presents work in Craft/Material Studies, Graphic Design, Kinetic Imaging, Painting + Printmaking, Photography + Film, and Sculpture + Extended Media.

The most famous work in "Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds" at the Jewish Museum is defined not by its creator, but by its owner. “Angelus Novus” (1920) is etched into 20th-century history as a source of inspiration for cultural critic Walter Benjamin, who bought it in 1921.

I got t"he sense that this year's Whitney Biennial is hiding from the world today instead of reflecting on it."

Online reactions to Rosso Fiorentino's recently discovered work might be channeling the very essence of the stylized art movement 500 years on.

We asked artists, writers, and curators for practical tips on crafting a powerful protest sign.

This year’s edition of the Outsider Art Fair proves that the key to viewing work by so-called “autodidact” artists is recognizing its capacity and merit as equal to all other art forms.

John Wilson’s artwork remained in conversation with Richard Wright’s writing his entire life: “He put into words what I wanted to express visually, the struggle of African Americans to maintain their human dignity in an oppressive world.”

Artists Grapple With Cesar Chávez’s Legacy After Abuse Allegations

Israel Reportedly Considers Banning Artist and NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji

Hyperallergic’s Art Tarotscope for the Spring Equinox The earth’s orbit around the sun continues unabated, reminding us that nothing is permanent, neither darkness nor light.

Our monthly list of opportunities is a resource for artists and creatives seeking funding and community support to further their work.

Trump Erects Contentious Columbus Statue Outside White House The original was among dozens of Columbus monuments toppled in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial violence.

A new English-language monograph repositions the Armenian–Lebanese painter Haroutiun Galentz as a cosmopolitan modernist whose work demands to be read beyond national canons.

What’s So New About the New Museum Building?

Thaddeus Mosley's work had everything to do with what it means to be an artist and member of a community. He was a model for us.

VCUarts’ 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art The two-part exhibition features the work of 28 MFA candidates across several disciplines in Fine Art and Design. Now on view in Richmond, Virginia.

NYU’s full-time contract faculty has grown tenfold over the past 20 years. These workers often have responsibilities equivalent to their tenured colleagues, but lack commensurate pay and protections. After 15 months of bargaining, the 900+ professors who make up CFU-UAW are going on strike.

VCUarts’ 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art

New York’s first art fair dedicated to the global majority is coming to Powerhouse Arts. It will spotlight artists and galleries from across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and Indigenous Nations worldwide.

Vilcek Foundation to Award $200,000 in Grants to Nonprofits Uplifting Immigrant Contributions The foundation invites grant applications from mission-aligned nonprofit organizations in the arts and sciences by April 30, 2026.

"How hard could it possibly be?” was the question I asked myself after setting a hypothetical but realistic budget of $500 at the Affordable Art Fair."